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Sunday, February 7, 2016

A Poem by Alan Catlin

Post Card to Church from Block Island Oct. 2012
Hey Churchman,
Still think of you every time we
come here. Rhode Island was your state,
Man, Providence, your home.
I'm sitting on a bench overlooking
the Old Harbor, as usual, when I write.
The ferry has been and gone. No one much
comes here this far off-season, anyway.
Only fishermen, painters and old poets,
like us, and their wives.
Warm, clear blue, cloudless sky.
A great day to be alive. I wish you were
still with us. I really wish you were here.

Catman

Alan Catlin has been publishing for decades now. Some days he feels like The Ancient of Days, other days, like The Old Man and the Sea. His latest anticipated collection of poetry is Last Man Standing from Lummox sometime in 2015.

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A.J. Huffman has published thirteen full-length poetry collections, fourteen solo poetry chapbooks and one joint poetry chapbook through various small presses. Her most recent releases, The Pyre On Which Tomorrow Burns (Scars Publications), Degeneration (Pink Girl Ink), A Bizarre Burning of Bees (Transcendent Zero Press), and Familiar Illusions (Flutter Press) are now available from their respective publishers. She is a five-time Pushcart Prize nominee, a two-time Best of Net nominee, and has published over 2600 poems in various national and international journals, including Labletter, The James Dickey Review, The Bookends Review, Bone Orchard, Corvus Review, EgoPHobia, and Kritya. She is the founding editor of Kind of a Hurricane Press.